Excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe & Jack London Sarah Post
In his short story "The Black Cat," Edgar Allan Poe describes the relationship between man and pet:
3-1 was especially fond of animals, and was indulged by my parents with a great variety of pets. With these I spent most of my
time, and never was so happy as when feeding and caressing them. This peculiarity of character grew with my growth, and in
my manhood, I derived from it one of my principal sources of pleasure. To those who have cherished an affection for a faithful
and sagacious dog, I need hardly be at the trouble of explaining the nature or the intensity of the gratification thus derivable.
There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had
frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man Pluto--this was (my cat's name-- was my
favorite pet and playmate. I alone fed him, and he attended me wherever I went about the house. It was even with difficulty
that I could prevent him from following me through the strets."
Sarah Post asserts that over 55% of all households in the United States include a cat, dog, or both." Which statement BEST
expresses how Poe (if one may judge from The Black Cat') might account for this fact?
A)
Pets are less complicated than people
B)
Pets are easily replaceable, people are not
Pets are better and more faithful friends than people,
D)
Pets appeal to people who are too shy to find human friends

A

Explanation:

the correct answer is c. he speculates on what might happen at given points in the future in a world without people. alan h. weisman is an american author, professor, and journalist. authors organize their information with a purpose. they present their ideas in an organized way. this is called text structure. weisman uses text structure so as to improve overall comprehension and to prove his points.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)